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1. India wins: Women Hockey India The Indian Women’s cricket team has won the 2016 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup cricket tournament by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 17 runs in the final at Bangkok, Thailand. With this win, India won their 6th Asia Cup crown.
2. Rio Summer Olympics 2016 – Rio summer Olympics took place on 5-21st August, 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. 207 nations took part in it.Total of 308 events in 28 sports conducted.
INDIA won One Siklver and One Bronze Medal Both wewre won by women

1. Miss PV Sindhu - Silver Medal Women Singles Badminton

1. Miss. Sakshi Malik-- Bronze Medal--- Wrestling

3. India Indian Junior Men’s hockey team has won the 2016 Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup tournament by defeating Belgium in the final match by 2-1 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. From India, Gurjant Singh and Simranjeet Singh scored the goals against Belgium in the game. This is India’s 2nd world cup title. Earlier, India won the Junior World Cup trophy in 2001 in Hobart, Australia.
4. Malaysian Master GP – Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei won the Men’s Title and India’s P.V. Sindhu won the Women’s Title in Malaysian Master Grand Prix. India’s Srikanth Kidambi was the semi-finalist for the Men’s Singles Title.
Vijay Hazare Trophy – Gujarat won Vijay Hazare trophy defeating Delhi by 139 runs. The trophy is related to cricket and is also known as Ranji One Day Trophy. It is named after famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare. Till now, Tamil Nadu has emerged as most successful (4 titles). Chennaiyans FC Grabbed Indian Super League – The Indian super league was won by Chennaiyans FC defeating FC-goa in the finals. It was the second edition of Indian super league. It belongs to football.
Asia cup 2016 – India won the 13th edition of Asia cup 2016, which was first time held in T-20 format, defeating Bangladesh. Sabir Rehman of Bangladesh was declared as the man of the tournament.
Pro-Kabbadi League – Patna Pirate won the 3rd edition of the pro – Kabbadi league by defeating U-Mumba. It was first when Patna Pirates reached up to final level.
Santosh Trophy– Services clinched Santosh trophy. It defeated Maharashtra in the finals. It was 70th edition of Santosh trophy, which is also known as Senior National Football Championship. ICC Under 19 World Cup – West-Indies won under-19 world cup, defeating India in the finals. India is a three time finalist in this cup. Mehedi Hasan Miraz won man of the series title. Bangladesh secured third place in the tournament. Hockey league 2016 – Punjab warriors won hockey league 2016 by defeating Kalinga lancers in the fourth edition of the hockey India league. Rupinder Pal Singh of Delhi Waveriders became the player of the tournament.
New BCCI President – Anurag Thakur was appointed as the new president of BCCI replacing Shashank Manohar on 10th May, this year. Earlier, he was holding the post of BCCI secretary. He will be third BCCI president in last 16 months.
Usain Bolt A 9-time Olympic gold medallist, Usain Bolt from Jamaica has won the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) male Athlete of the Year award for a record sixth time. Beside him, Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, who broke the 10,000m world record by over 14 seconds in winning Olympic gold in 2016 Rio Olympics, won the 2016 IAAF female Athlete of the Year award.The awards were handed out by IAAF at a gala ceremony in Monaco.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has bagged the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, after he has been named the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year’ at ICC Awards 2016 in Dubai. Additionally, he also won the ICC?Test cricketer of the Year 2016 award. With this, he became the 2nd Indian player after Rahul Dravid to bag the two coveted prizes in the same year. In 2016, Ashwin picked up 72 wickets in 12 test matches at an outstanding average of 23.90 and scored 612 runs at an average of 43.17. He is the only Indian in ICC’s Test Team of the Year. Apart from this, Virat Kohli has been named captain of the ICC?ODI?Team of the Year, while Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma also featured in the ODI?Team of the Year.
Atletico de Kolkata has won the 2016 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) by defeating the Kerala Blasters in a penalty shootout by 4–3 in the final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala.
Mary Kom M C Mary Kom , an Olympic bronze-medallist and a five-time world champion, has been honoured with the ‘Legends Award’ by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for her trailblazing boxing career in Montreux, Switzerland. Beside her, Vikas Krishan has also won the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Best Boxer trophy at the AIBA’s 70th anniversary event.
Cricket Karun Kaladharan Nair, an Indian cricketer from Karnataka, has recently hit the triple century in the fifth and final Cricket Test against England at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. With this, Nair became only the 2nd Indian batsman to hit a triple-hundred in international cricket history after Virender Sehwag and the 3rd player after Bob Simpson and Sir Garfield Sobers to convert their maiden Test centuries into triple centuries.
Smriti Mandhana Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana has been named in the ICC Women’s Team of the Year 2016, which will be captained by Stafanie Taylor, a West Indies player . This is the first time that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has named a women’s team of the year. Beside this, Suzie Bates of New Zealand has become the first cricketer to clinch both the ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Player of the Year awards.
West Bengal India’s largest indoor sports arena will come up in New Town area of Kolkata, West Bengal with a capacity to accommodate upto 15,400 people at one time. The proposed stadium will have solar power and will come up on 10 acres of land near the Deer Park in Eco Park. The facility will have lawn tennis, khokho khokho, kabaddi, badminton, basket ball and table tennis courts.
Pankaj Advani Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani has won his 11th World Billiards (150-Up format) Championships title in the summit clash in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Advani defeated Peter Gilchrist of Singapore. He beats multiple world champion Gilchrist by six games to three in a gripping final contest, to wrap up his 16th world title overall.
Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team, has won the prestigious 2016 Ballon d’Or award at an awards ceremony in Paris, France. With this, he won the 4th Ballon d’Or title in his career. .
Iqbal Sayed Iqbal Sayed from Mumbai, who works as a civil engineer with Reliance Infrastructure and Mumbai Metro, has become the first Indian to win a medal at the Mr. Olympia Amateur Asia 2016’s classic bodybuilding category in Hong Kong. He won silver medal in the event after beating participants from 20 countries in the classic bodybuilding category.
The world’s largest seating capacity cricket stadium will come up in Gujarat The Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, popularly known as Motera Stadium, is set to become the world’s largest seating capacity cricket stadium. The Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) has handed the stadium’s renovation project to Larsen and Turbo (L&T). Presently, the stadium can house 54,000 people, but with the new plans, it is projected to seat about 1,10,000 people. This will almost double its seating capacity and will surpass the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which has a capacity of 1,00,024 people.
DefenseIndia has recently signed Rs. 5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers guns with the United States, which will be deployed in high-altitude areas in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, bordering China. The purchase of guns will be India’s first deal for artillery guns since the Bofors scandal in 1980s. The deal was inked at the 2-day meeting of the 15th India-US Military Cooperation Group (MCG) held in New Delhi.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has recently celebrated its 51st anniversary of Raising Day on December 1, 2016. In 2016 (till date), BSF troops of Punjab Frontier have maintained excellent alertness and have seized over 219 Kgs heroin, 12 weapons, interdicted six Pak smugglers, two Indian smugglers and apprehended one Pak National and five Bangladeshi Nationals. BSF, the biggest border guarding force in the world, came into existence on December 1, 1965. It is deployed on Indo-Pakistan International Border, Indo-Bangladesh International Border, Line of Control along with Indian Army and in Anti-Naxal Operations.
The annual bilateral maritime exercise “KONKAN 16” has started between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy from Dec 05, 2016 at Mumbai and will continue till December 16, 2016. The exercise will be conducted in two phases at Mumbai and Goa. The first phase, to be held from 05 – 09 Dec 16, would be a Command Planning exercise involving the two navies, where planners from both sides will undertake planning for combined maritime operations. The second phase is a LIVE EXERCISE (LIVEX), to be held from 12-16 Dec 2016 at Goa, which involves interaction between the IN Marine Commandos (MARCOs) and the Royal Marines.
4th India is at 4th position in the list of top 10 defence spenders in the world, according to the recently published annual Jane’s Defense Budgets Report by research firm IHS Markit. As per the report, India’s defence budget was $50.7 billion in 2016, up from $46.6 billion in 2015. The worldwide outlook shows that global defense spending rose by 1% to $1.6 trillion in 2016, against 0.6% in 2015. The report has also estimated that India will surpass the UK in defence spending by 2018.
Bipin Rawat The Vice Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Bipin Rawat will be the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army. Lt. Gen Rawat is known for his balanced approach towards soldiering, compassion, and connect with civil society. He will succeed General Dalbir Singh Suhag, who will retire on December 31, 2016. The primary mission of the Indian Army is to ensure national security and unity, defending the nation from external aggression and threats, and maintaining peace and security within its borders. The President of India serves as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army.
B S Dhanoa The Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS), Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be the new chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He will assume the post of Air Chief on January 1, 2017 after Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha retires. The primary responsibility of IAF is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict. The President of India serves as Supreme Commander of the IAF.
Maldives The 7th edition of India-Maldives joint military exercise “EKUVERIN 2016” has started at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, Maldives. The purpose of the 14 day joint exercise is to acquaint both forces with each other’s operating procedures in the backdrop of amphibious and counter insurgency/ Counter terrorism environment and also to increase the existing military relationship between the Indian Army and the Maldivian National Defence Force.
The 2016 Indra NAVY joint naval exercise will be held between India and Russia from December 14 to 21 in the south-eastern Indian coastal city of Visakhapatnam and in the Bay of Bengal. The joint naval exercise will consist of two stages – coastal and naval. The coastal part will be held on December 14-18 in the city of Visakhapatnam, while the naval will take place in the Bay of Bengal on December 19-21.
Women in IAF’s Flying Branch– Indian Air Force will get the first batch of women fighter pilots. Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh would be the first 3 women to be introduced in IAF as women Fighter pilot by June this year. Rafale – Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft, Rafale, won the race of acquisition of aircrafts by Indian government. The initial plan was to acquire 126 aircrafts, out of which 18 will be in flying away condition. The deal was delayed due to pricing, general election in both the nations and some other reasons. Later, India compromised and marked the deal to get 36 jets in ready condition. Tejas – India’s indigenous developed aircraft, Tejas, is the new hope for Indian Armed Forces. Tejas is made by HAL and will replace India’s aging Mig aircrafts. The aircraft will manage the lack of aircraft in IAF. S-400 – The Russian Air Defense System, S-400 triumph, is expected to enter Indian Armed Forces soon. The government level talks for its acquisition are ongoing on. The air defense system will bring out a new era of pacifying air threats in the range of 400 kms. Ordinance Depo Fire – Fire in ammunition depo of Indian army in Pulgaon, near Nagpur, which is spread up to 7000 acre, claimed lives of 16 people including 2 officers and 1 Jawan. The cause of fire is still uncertain. Indian Army faced a huge loss of ammunition from this fire affecting military preparedness. Augusta Westland – The VVIP chopper deal, which later became a scam circling some top politicians and Armed Forces personals. CBI investigation was later initiated to drill out the actual base of scam. The deal was signed between UK based Agusta Westland and Congress led UPA government in 2010 for 12 helicopters for IAF for Rs 3.600 cr. New Navy Chief – Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba will be the new Navy Chief. Currently he is the Flag Officer Commanding-In-Chief of Western Naval Command Mumbai. He will replace the present Chief Of Naval Staff Admiral R.K. Dhowan, who will be relieved of his services on 31st May, 2016. Force 18 Exercise – Force 18 military exercise by Indian army took place in Pune. The exercise lasted for 7 days, comprising 300 participants from ASEAN and ASEAN plus nations. It was the largest multinational ground forces exercise to be conducted on Humanitarian Mine Action and Peace Keeping Operation. Cobra Gold 2016 – India participated in Cobra Gold Multilateral Amphibious Exercise for the first time hosted by Thailand. It was the 35th edition of this exercise with 35 nations participating in it. The exercise was lasted for 10 days with about 8500 participant personals. India US Predator Drone – India is in talks with US government to purchase 40 predator drones. Last year, U.S. government had cleared general Atomic proposal to sell the unarmed Predator XP in India. India’s introduction in MTCR will boost the move. To crack the AFSB and SSB in ONE GO
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NATIONAL NEWS- DECEMBER 2016
Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India. He will be sworn-in as the CJI on January 4, 2017. The current Chief Justice TS Thakur will hold on to the office till 3rd January, 2017. Justice Khehar will be the first Sikh to hold the post of CJI and would remain in office from January 4, 2017 till August 4, 2017 i.e. till he attains the age of 65.
India’s first amphibious bus project has been launched by The Punjab Government has launched India’s first amphibious bus project “Harike Cruise” at the Harike wetland near Amritsar. The amphibious bus project has cost the state government over Rs 11 crore. The bus will travel on land and in water. The bus will be run by the Punjab Tourism department has a seating capacity of 34 people and is equipped with life-jackets for everyone. The current route of the bus includes a 13-km ride from Amritsar to the Harike wetlands, which the bus is expected to traverse over 45 minutes. It will then traverse 4km on water.
Rajiv Jain Rajiv Jain, an IPS officer of 1980 batch of Jharkhand cadre, has been appointed as the new Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a period of two years. Currently, he is working as Special Director in the IB. He will take over the post from Dineshwar Sharma on January 2017, who completes his two-year tenure on December 31, 2016. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) is the internal intelligence agency of India and reports to Ministry of Home Affairs.
Anil Dhasmana Anil Kumar Dhasmana, an IPS officer of 1981-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a period of two years. Dhasmana’s domain of expertise is considered to be Balochistan, counter-terrorism and Islamic affairs. He will succeed Rajinder Khanna, who completes his two-year tenure on January 31, 2017. RAW is the external intelligence agency of India and the head of RAW is designated “Secretary (Research)” in the Cabinet Secretariat and is under the direct command of the Prime Minister and reports on an administrative basis to the Cabinet Secretary of India, who reports to the Prime Minister.
Steps Taken By Delhi To Curb Pollution – Delhi has gone down in the list of most polluted cities.
“Art of Living” issue – The issue was raised when the celebration of completion of 35 years of Art of Living’s was organised on the flood plains of Yamuna River in Delhi. The world cultural fest took place on 11-13th March and the issue was related to the NGT’s opposition to use Yamuna flood plains and polluting it.
Jat Agitation – It is one of the hot topics that was surfaced in March this year and again taking thrust. Jats, Jat Sikhs, Rors, Tyagis and Bishnois were seeking reservation under OBC category and were later promised to increase the reservation from 10 to 20% in the category of economically backward classes. Later the decision was lifted and Jat communities are again adjusting their protest plans.
State elections – 2016 has been a crucial year from the political point of view. 5 states went through the Legislative Assembly Elections. The states were Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, West Bengal, Kerala and Assam. The elections were concluded with ADMK, INC, Trinmool Congress, LDF and BJP emerging victorious in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, West Bengal, Kerala and Assam.
High Speed Bullet Train By Japan – India and Japan, last year, signed Rs 98,000 cr deal of bullet train project, which will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Along with this, India will be benefited with the transfer of technology to improve railway safety, sharing environment friendly sanitation technology to improve the railway system with known mitigation system for handling natural disasters.
JAM policy – JAM, which has a full form of Jan Dhan, Adhaar and Mobile i.e. connecting all the three to make a strong and effective subsidy delivery service. The JAM trinity will be a used to expand welfare policies targeting the poor and needy people. The step will bring out more secure way to provide services, avoiding leakage of funds, mismanagement and mishandling of data and resources and accurate targeting of people for providing services.
Start-Up India – Start up India is an initiative by Indian Government to boost the new start-ups in India, which are the base of the nation’s development. The key points related to it are executing a single window clearance, eradicating red tape, reducing patent registration fees by 80%, 3 year freedom from tax on profits, capital gain tax and mystifying tax, boosting Atal Innovation Mission and self-certification etc.
Reusable launch vehicle – It is ISRO’s project to decrease the launch cost of the space exploration missions. It is a step toward two stages to orbit. Its trail was taken on the coast of Shriharikota, where it was propelled in a booster rocket, re-entered into earth’s atmosphere with a speed of Mach 5 and landed at a place some 450 km form Shriharikota.
Shankha Ghosh Shankha Ghosh, the well-known Bengali poet, critic and academician, has been selected for the prestigious 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by the Government of India (GoI) for his poetic idiom and experiments with various poetic forms mark his greatness as a creative talent. With this, Ghosh has become the 6th Bengali author to win India’s highest literary award after Mahasweta Devi, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Bishnu Dey. The Jnanpith Award is presented every year to a literary figure for their outstanding contribution in literature. The award carries a citation, prize money of Rs. 12 lakh and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati.
Jeje Lalpekhlua Jeje Lalpekhlua, the Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker, has been named the 2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year. He will be presented a prize of Rs. 2.5 lakh along with the glittering Trophy. Beside this, AIFF inducts two ‘2016 AIFF Award for Special Recognition’ awards for Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Uvena Fernandes. They will be bestowed with Rs. 1 lakh and a trophy piece.
England The 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup will be held between July 7–21, 2018 in London, England.
Recently, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has adopted some changes regarding to 2018 Hockey World Cup viz. a 16-team competition per gender, 4 pools of 4 teams each, winners of each pool qualifies for Quarter Finals, last placed team in each Pool eliminated, ranking of eliminated teams based on their performance at the time of elimination, etc. It was also decided that the 2022 Hockey World Cup would also be a 16-team competition, per gender.
The 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup will held from 28 November to 16 December 2018 in Odisha, India.
India has won the 2016 Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the final at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The international tournament was the part of the qualification process for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will be held in New Zealand from January 12 to February 4, 2018.
Indian Women’s Under-18 team has clinched the bronze medal in the 2016 Women’s Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament at the National Hockey Training Centre in Bangkok, Thailand by defeating Republic of Korea by 3-0. For their creditable bronze-winning performance, Hockey India announced cash rewards of Rs. 1 lakh for each player and Rs. 50,000 for each of the support staff. Beside this, China has clinched gold where as Japan won silver medal in the 2016 Women’s Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Argentina The Argentina national football team has won the 2016 FIFA Team of the year title.
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Stephanie del Valle Stephanie Del Valle, a Puerto Rican musician and model, has won the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant “Miss World 2016” in Washington, United States on December 18, 2016. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States and its capital is San Juan. France France became the first country in the world to use drones for national mail service. French postal service announced a drone delivery program to deliver parcels on a 14-kilometre route once a week to reach mountainous regions. These mail drones will have a range of 19 km and a top speed of 30.5 kmph. They also have parachutes for safe emergency landing.
Nigeria Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organization of twelve oil-producing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
Brexit – A referendum that will take place on 23rd June deciding whether Britain will remain or leave the E.U… E.U is a political and economic group of 28 nations, which has freedom to exchange goods freely. 19 states of this group have adopted the euro as their currency. S election – The U.S sate general elections will took place on 8th November, 2016 for the post of President and Vice President.
Mr. Donal Trump, ( President Elect_ and Mike Pence (Vice President Elect) will take over in Jan 2017
ISIS – Islamic State militant group, ISIS is mushrooming day by day. Iraqi forces are woking hard to grab the land acquired by ISIS.
MTCR and SCO – Missile Technology Control Regime and Shanghai Cooperation Organization are the two groups of major economies and India is also going to join these groups possibly in the future.
North Korea sanctions – H-bomb test, disguised missile trails and some other similar incidents have led to the imposition of sanctions by U.S. over North Korea.
Migrant Crisis – Unstable economic and political scenario in West Asia and northern nations of the African continent, has led people to flee to a more stable area near them, preferring European Nations.
Boko haram, Al-Shabab, ISIS and other terror groups have led to the migration of citizens to a more stable place, resulting in causalities, bulk immigration and several other problems.
TPP – Trans-Pacific Partnership is a group of 11nations + U.S., which is meant to enhance the living standards, promoting economic growth, increasing job opportunities and reducing the poverty rate.
Killings in Bangladesh – The issue of successive killings of people in Bangladesh is taking place. Recently, a Hindu priest was hacked to death. Earlier, wife of a government personnel and a homeopath was murdered.
Gotthard Railway Tunnel – The longest railway tunnel was opened in Switzerland. It took $12 billion to complete the 57 km long tunnel under the Alps peaks. This tunnel has surpassed the record of Japan’s longest tunnel that runs about 53 kms.

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Apple Manufacturing Unit – Apple’s manufacturer Foxconn is going to ink a deal with Maharashtra government to acquire 1,200 acre plot of land to set up $10 billion plant manufacturing. The operation is expected to begin at the end of 2017. India Post As A Bank – Focusing on the range and accessibility of India post, Indian government is discussing over making India post a payment bank. The aim is to target the 100% financial inclusion.Loan Defaulters – The burden of over Rs. 4.4 Crore has come over bank
Merger Of Mahila Bank – Mahila Bank, India’s first bank operated only by women, is expected to get merged in state-owned banks. Opened in 2013, the bank has about 90 branches and is ready to open more branches.
Jan Dhan Yogna – A way to accelerate the financial inclusion, the scheme aims at providing financial access to people. The yogna was launched in 2014 with some specific facilities and services like zero balance account, Rupay card, accidental insurance of about 1 lakh, overdraft from bank after 6 months of opening of account, etc
India’s GDP growth at 7.6% – The last quarter of fiscal recorded 7.9% GDP growth in Indian economy
7th Pay Commission – The 7th Pay Commission, which margin 20,000 as lowest salary, will be possibly get imposed in July. The pay commission gave relief to the government employees and supported the Armed Forces personals. The six month arrears will be paid to the employees.
International rankings – India has become 3rd largest oil consumer surpassing Japan. India ranked 130/189 in ease of doing business and ranked 133 in press freedom